.I'm not sure anyone really *cares* about the details, but I have like a thousand pictures and I've been missing Alaska something fierce, so y'all are stuck with a day-by-day series of posts. Actually, you're not stuck. The little x on the upper right (or left, for Mac users) corner can make it all go away :)

My first day in Alaska I drove southeast on the Seward Highway along Turnagin Arm. Along that route, I swear there's a trail or an observation area every 5 miles. I'm sure they do this in other parks, but there every park or maintained trail I found had a little box for you to just write down where you parked and put in $. To me, it kind of underscored the "you're on your own" aspect of the trip. It was both liberating and (a little) intimidating.

One thing I can't capture in film or video is the smell - it's a sweet, flowery smell. Of course it's not *everywhere*, but in the natural areas, you smell that more often than anything else. Even at the marshes and right by the water.

I'm hoping this photo slide show plays well and does the area a small measure of justice. If you want to view the photos at your own pace, just click on the slide show and it should take you to the album.

About Me

Spectacular single mom of two. My partners in crime are Bean, my 6.5-year-old whirling dervish, and Miss O, the tiny and cute 4-year-old dynamo. Bean is alternately the sweetest and the most difficult child on earth, and there's never a dull moment when she's around. Miss O has her own way of doing things, unless she's copying her big sister. Sweet and endearing and the master of the traveling roadshow tantrum. Really. Master. As for the me, I'm cute, I'm opinionated and I talk about pretty much anything that's on my mind. What ya see is what ya get here. I'm not a drama queen, not a punch-puller and certainly not a sugar-coater.